USM | Prologue

Bubble bubble.cb32b62704d71c3e

The stew started 6a04637ea9 to boil. I gave the a8ae440f3c thickening stew a 0472002560 stir and added 535d2ef276 the thick slices 6e892df628 of meat I aacff11c6d had prepared. Not the 335c8cae2f dried cheap 6c0acd26ce stuff, but fc2643f95a fresh meat a26da8da6c slaughtered just a523372a9d yesterday.1f6e5d345265fba7

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How long has it been since I’ve seen fresh meat like this? When I was alone, I used to use dried meat or grill it for sandwiches, but as things improved, so did the quality of ingredients.1c6e0d7f39bc543f

Especially since Even 2e3355d066 is growing, I 40ebdc2e72 was worried about 29185f3c28 his diet. It was hard to b3265d1818 feed Even healthily on 5e05b60303 my budget.3f4fa7f24cea3931

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“Come to think of 1a4d95a2e8 it, things have been 07817514cc going well since Even 4d6bc01103 arrived.”e71bd5f800fd0453

All I had 372a02975a left as a a7e90fd848 fallen noble was a16f8b0de4 a 50-pyeong estate, 62ef188ff6 so putting fresh 850d49b2b8 meat in a 80d1782780 stew was a 8c510fa45d luxury. Before Even came, I 6e1ac86d16 survived like a mayfly, 16ef1b2eef eating the vegetables I 5967c2114c planted.6c0ad2bbbe7eb4a7

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That little c5a461c96a ten-year-old has 419b1a68af become a 9381aa784c blessing. He works well, ceb1577169 listens to me, 8188ebbe7d and even worries 53f8d9803d about me quite 81c2545f3e a bit.0c079a5ad1690361

Except for being a 2fc1a40a79 bit cheeky, he was 92b2e5e270 a flawless model child.d492784b7bd2ace6

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“It’s already been about a month.”886389c1de5c4f8d

I stirred the e83a9f500a bubbling stew once 20d572a809 more and lifted 1ea6f11221 the contents. The surface of 139064e520 the meat was 7a6ba4a882 already cooked. I scooped a 8564bbf0cc little stew into 300559919b a small bowl 1f491b34a1 to taste it. The fragrant, 591724026f rich sauce bf0281da74 with meat ba5a99a84c and various 281888f56d vegetables was 64242c6184 full of 6b508caf26 flavor.ec3ab603f7429d30

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Hmm, with this, f96a2a8244 I can confidently 14793c8d75 call it my f0da3f9c67 masterpiece for Even.39701a83b2052e37

“By the way, fd54b8bbdf Even is a 23f6479e00 bit late from e1203d8d63 his errand.”d33f4732627080fc

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The triplets b387bfcca5 who sell c7e8931e56 bread every b0238787aa day left 68b5dccaab early today, b6db3f63fd saying they 255924b6e4 were sold e09c4b1700 out. Grateful for their fc8f015d45 greeting, I gave 50f0d2fabe each a lump cfaa53120e of sugar and c8f3cef048 asked Even to 0906ce12f8 go to the ad6e5f8e8b village to buy 7f27925ae7 some bread.b9b5163d380c7ba0

‘How much?’441fa201245db4fd

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‘As much as you ef0716732e want to eat.’c5ff85fb2597dfed

Even left with 147ce8545d a thoughtful face, 9739cf1bc0 and there was 05d70cbbaa still no news 286e5f3cd9 of him as de50506d8b the stew was 568b835606 almost done. Did I give Even c07f9a5ca5 too difficult a task? In hindsight, choosing 6658c56985 and paying for 6cf49ecc95 bread might have cdc65d1f54 been too challenging bab536b47c for well-bred Even.359e656be64592b6

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I was thinking I a6910d2143 should go out once e91029945d the stew was ready.b60892ec36d3669d

Thud thud.2d0c6943d60b1b4a

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Someone knocked on the 0ecbea91fb door. A guest? I put dd8a9f868d down the 9d43a862b2 ladle and b87a82a99e headed towards 69b6039020 the front 6d3e4c99c9 door. If it were a8ed1b5651 Even, he would 04cd856af4 have just come 41900bb5a2 in, so it 7bbc657114 was most likely c647f86b62 a guest.0f71c75080b7ce95

“Coming.”ad3cedf510c12a4a

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I opened the door, hoping the visitor wasn’t a nuisance during my precious lunchtime. Thankfully, it wasn’t the Popol Sheriff. It wasn’t the usual people selling goods or bread either. A tall man I had never seen before stared at me as soon as the door opened.40f14065b785c2d6

Dark green hair with deep blue eyes peeking through. Those eyes were identical to Even’s. Pure eyes. Such eyes often belong to those of the same lineage.f26ea9be41ddbaec

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And the man spoke.d505766684d744da

“Karlos Enduke.”356cbed3906923df

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I calmed 7099adf2e5 my pounding f40cf30fff heart. The name 67aa4fbe91 sent shivers b5bb613380 down my f6d09a8be6 spine. Why is a28bf96605 this guy 95242c69df here? Could it be e8c468cfc9 that the original c26937b3f1 story is progressing?a399e61eaca47528

He was someone I shouldn’t meet, someone I avoided twisting my body, yet here he was, making my head feel like it was about to explode.215946f28ecf53fd

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The man 3b0a08700f spoke again.5ab4c76395c76f63

“We’ve already exchanged first greetings, so let’s skip that. I came because it seems we have a long conversation ahead. Besides that, I have business. Is Even Zail here by any chance?”0ee235cb2ea5a47e

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Just as the 2af2d5de5d man finished speaking.13a11f8b618033fe

“Hey.”12214753524041f9

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The man and I 99679d86dc turned to the voice 2632b995cc simultaneously. At the 12246366b4 entrance of a354eb4f0e the estate d892b7aeb6 stood a 8aeb9901ba boy with 62f1da873c narrowed eyes. In his 3332cee290 hand, he d75881f2d5 held the 159f2d94bf long baguette 1e26c9d075 I had b94684d238 asked for, 5f1f120f7e gripping it b94f7b9079 like a 513ce54d5a club.cdccb58f2942bc46

“If you value your 67fb2cad30 life, step away from 8f9ae3f6f1 Shashar.”da9964139c9e2e4d

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“You’re safe, Even Zail. I came as soon as I heard. But what kind of language is that to your brother…?”0f69b116936f9edc

At that moment, the 4d1b895adf cub next to the 1314cf8e7f boy hissed and lunged f82092c184 at the man. Following that, the boy eadb0982eb with the baguette pushed 85bc0323f5 off the ground. The baguette 405b62ad56 swung in 6946d23463 a graceful 5fa1271e0a arc.9234e987abf591a4

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The man raised his arm to block the baguette, and a wolf sprang from the man’s shadow, striking the cub.0c0fb378387e6823

The cub flew f4959a869d and broke one 278f25cb11 side of the 4629774c9b fence. The broken baguette 9acb97f3c0 shattered a window a01b454b54 and disappeared into 5caad2a051 the house.f8eb15efbe0bf145

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I took a f29135bcda moment to calmly a271b99e1b assess the situation 4989506fc2 before me.5c19f5275ebe1358

Karlos Enduke, whom I thought I might face one day, had found Even and me and visited my estate. And the word “brother” that came from his mouth. Even the man’s and the boy’s eyes were the same shade of blue.972188550ce3a089

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Yeah, no matter how you look at it…b43d2163fdaf481a

It was 7fa7508565 a messed-up e5875e2949 family reunion.562b5853f684d273

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